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Systems and methods for automated content generation

  • US 10,235,349 B2
  • Filed: 03/15/2018
  • Issued: 03/19/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for generating a layout for a content item, the method comprising:

  • obtaining a plurality of images and a plurality of text snippets;

    creating, by one or more processors, a frame for the content item;

    calculating automatically, by the one or more processors, a score for each of the plurality of images based on a value proportional to a distance between a center of the respective image and a horizontal center of a landing resource;

    selecting, by the one or more processors, an image of the plurality of images having a highest score;

    placing, by the one or more processors, the selected image having the highest score in a starting location within the frame of the content item;

    dividing, by the one or more processors, a remaining unused space within the frame into a plurality of rectangles, at least one of the plurality of rectangles having a dimension corresponding to a dimension of the placed image;

    combining, by the one or more processors, two or more rectangles of the plurality of rectangles in the remaining unused space to create a combined rectangle having a dimension accommodating a dimension of an unplaced image or text snippet of the obtained images and text snippets; and

    placing, by the one or more processors, the unplaced image or text snippet into the combined rectangle.

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